CEMETERIES and FUNERAL HOMES of WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY

Currently Used Cemeteries

Many cemeteries which are currently in use today can be found at the attached listing of current cemeteries and their addresses. Please call the cemetery to verify the full mailing address before writing them. In some cases, the addresses show the location of the cemetery, while their office may be located elsewhere.

Older Cemeteries

For information concerning Westchester cemeteries no longer in use, contact the local historical society of the town in which you are interested. Also, contact the Westchester County Historical Society for any listings which they may have concerning older cemeteries. The WCHS also has inventories of "residents" of older cemeteries, so be sure to inquire about such inventories. For a "Bibliography of Cemetery Records" compiled by Thelma E. Smith, see pages 29-34 of The Guide to Genealogical Research for Westchester County.

Our thanks to volunteers like Joan Gerrits and Judy Wolf who have shared their information with us and especially Jean Ann Orser Lupinetti who has kindly transcribed many of the older stones of the following cemeteries before they fade away. Both ladies have generously offered their time and information to their fellow researchers of Westchester County by transcribing records and posting them here.

Chapter XXIV from Charles Baird's book (published in 1871) Chronicle of a Border Town: History of Rye, Westchester County, New York, 1660-1870, including Harrison and the White Plains till 1788 which gives a description of the many cemeteries and family plots in Rye as well as some indication as to who is buried in each.

Articles Published in Periodicals about Westchester's Cemeteries

Many historical and genealogical societies have published articels about Westchester cemeteries over the years as well as lists of interrments. A review of PERSI can identify many of these articles or you can view the attached listing. Instructions are also included as to how to obtain a copy of an article.

LDS Family History Library

There are many cemeteries which were transcribed and are currently on microfilm and available through your local LDS Family History Center. As we become aware of their microform information, they will be added here.

Pages 537 to 554 of this book contain a list of all cemeteries located within the town and an alphabetized listing of those buried at these cemeteries. The book is available for sale through South Salem Public Library. For the library address see the town of Lewisboro.

Inscriptions from the Cat Ridge Cemetery, North Salem Township, Westchester County, New York [Publisher s.n., 1934 ]

Frost, Josephine C.

Most of the cemetery Inscriptions in the following volumes were originally copied by Robert B. Miller, a genealogist. His manuscripts came into the hands of Mrs. Frost who then typed them around 1915 and made them available in several libraries such as the New York Public Library (Research Branch) and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Burials in and around Pound Ridge, NY, 1860 to 1871; accounts of an undertaker, name unknown, probably High Ridge, just outside of Stamford, Conn. [n.p., 1947] Original ledger in the Archives of the Westchester County Historical Society.

Weidt, Bew Patten, comp.

Unrecorded Burial Permits of the Middle Patent Cemetery, town of North Castle, Westchester County, NY. [Mount Vernon, 1944]